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To: OrionX who wrote (52134)	4/5/2006 10:00:51 AM
From: Done, gone.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213185

Apple should've avoided this altogether and gone for virtualization. Zero doubt in my mind Apple prefers virtualization as well but dual booting could not be avoided -- the demand for it is too great.

To: OrionX who wrote (52134)	4/5/2006 11:02:15 AM
From: inaflash	Respond to of 213185

I know there are those who don't mind dual boots but I'm saying it now, there are going to be many hair-pulling days ahead that will give some pretty ugly bad press to Apple when people start having problems with drivers and compatibility issues. There's no free lunch. Personally, I think Apple should've avoided this altogether and gone for virtualization. Just my opinion. Yes, all those Windows problems will become Apple's problems if they decide to support it, and even if they disavow the connection, they'll still be critisized for any incompatibilities that are not their fault. The good thing is that the driver problems will be limited since the Apple hardware is fairly limited. On this front, the problems will probably be less than other PC makers, but more than Mac users are used to. Still, expect many switchers to say how much better things work on the Apples running Windows.

To: OrionX who wrote (52134)	4/5/2006 12:17:58 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213185

>>I know there are those who don't mind dual boots but I'm saying it now, there are going to be many hair-pulling days ahead that will give some pretty ugly bad press to Apple when people start having problems with drivers and compatibility issues. There's no free lunch. Personally, I think Apple should've avoided this altogether and gone for virtualization. Just my opinion.<< Orion - To minimize driver issues, Apple includes a set of working drivers for their hardware on the Boot Camp installation CD. You make the CD using the 80MB Boot Camp file you download. I do agree that virtualization is slicker, and solutions for it are in progress from third parties. Interestingly, the current virtualization programs have some problems with, yo guessed it, drivers and compatibility issues. - Allen